Upper Baker, 10/20/07

On the way back to Hanover from Hubbard Brook (NH), we stopped and ran the Upper Baker, putting on around 5. This run is fun, and easy to bomb down quickly. At the level we ran it the boogie water was mostly bouncing down rocks but the channeled granite drops were awesome. I gather most New Hampshire creeking has those granite channels / mini-gorges, so I can't wait to do more paddling there. The last drop is definitely the best, a small boof into a narrow granite channel that keeps dropping for a little ways. Fun, class III/IV run (I think AW is quite wrong calling it a V).